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Post by chiyankee on Apr 10, 2020 14:49:16 GMT -5
This is just pure greed, the owners want to recover as much as the TV & radio rights money that they can and I'm sure the players want paid. Who cares how idiotic it look, playing an entire season without fans? I think most of us fans can find something else to do this summer.
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Post by inger on Apr 10, 2020 15:49:51 GMT -5
Do you think they should play this year? I know we could all use the distraction, but is it worth the risk? Honestly if I had to make the call right now, I would say no, its not worth it.
I'm glad I'm not the one who has to make the call though.
I’d love to be able to be the guy that called it off. “And going forward we will be eliminating predetermined condiments on food at the stadiums. You may have it your way”... |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 10, 2020 15:53:27 GMT -5
UFC taking place next Saturday on Tribal lands in Cali. Also UFC president Dana White has secured a private island so foreign fights can fight on future cards. Annnnnd now it's canceled |
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Post by inger on Apr 10, 2020 15:55:38 GMT -5
UFC taking place next Saturday on Tribal lands in Cali. Also UFC president Dana White has secured a private island so foreign fights can fight on future cards. Annnnnd now it's canceled Shucks. I’ll miss not watching it... |
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Post by noetsi on Apr 10, 2020 17:37:56 GMT -5
Honestly if I had to make the call right now, I would say no, its not worth it.
I'm glad I'm not the one who has to make the call though.
I’d love to be able to be the guy that called it off. “And going forward we will be eliminating predetermined condiments on food at the stadiums. You may have it your way”... The governor of California did I think. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 12, 2020 7:57:41 GMT -5
Bursting the Bubble: Why Sports Aren't Coming Back Soon
The NBA, NFL and MLB are dreaming up ways to play amid a pandemic, with talk of isolating players in Arizona or Las Vegas or maybe on the moon. It all sounds great, until you talk to people who actually know science.
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 12, 2020 8:52:40 GMT -5
Bursting the Bubble: Why Sports Aren't Coming Back Soon
The NBA, NFL and MLB are dreaming up ways to play amid a pandemic, with talk of isolating players in Arizona or Las Vegas or maybe on the moon. It all sounds great, until you talk to people who actually know science.
Are these the same experts on science who recently claimed that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans were going to die from this virus? |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 12, 2020 9:00:44 GMT -5
Bursting the Bubble: Why Sports Aren't Coming Back Soon
The NBA, NFL and MLB are dreaming up ways to play amid a pandemic, with talk of isolating players in Arizona or Las Vegas or maybe on the moon. It all sounds great, until you talk to people who actually know science.
Are these the same experts on science who recently claimed that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans were going to die from this virus? Don't ever question the "experts", Chi. 
lol
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 12, 2020 9:26:42 GMT -5
Are these the same experts on science who recently claimed that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans were going to die from this virus? Don't ever question the "experts", Chi. [img class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/SnvVzBdfGibfshIjVXcI.gif"]
lol
I know, I know, but they have been all over the map with this thing. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 12, 2020 9:57:27 GMT -5
Don't ever question the "experts", Chi. [img class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/SnvVzBdfGibfshIjVXcI.gif"]
lol
I know, I know, but they have been all over the map with this thing. I am so sick of this virus. 2020. What a year.  |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 12, 2020 10:29:15 GMT -5
I know, I know, but they have been all over the map with this thing. I am so sick of this virus. 2020. What a year. [img class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/ZVUxStWfuuhWOBrKaeKL.gif" alt=" "] It's been a long year already!  |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 12, 2020 10:47:35 GMT -5
I am so sick of this virus. 2020. What a year. [img src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/ZVUxStWfuuhWOBrKaeKL.gif" alt=" " class="smile"] It's been a long year already! [img class="smile" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/fcnNQOhDRpAUbgaHxUdZ.gif"] This spring/summer is going to be so long without baseball (if they don't play). |
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Post by inger on Apr 12, 2020 13:41:05 GMT -5
One day you can all regale your grandchildren of a time when people used to run and jump and catch and throw, and they’ll say “Why, grandpa? Why did they do that”?...
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Post by rizzuto on Apr 12, 2020 14:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Apr 12, 2020 15:27:30 GMT -5
Where, oh where Has the revenue gone Oh where, oh where Could it be?... So, the stadiums themselves are no longer profitable, unless you believe that the average fan might fork over in excess of $1000 for a socially distanced seat in the bleachers. Maybe they can start charging $75 for a hot dog. $10 admission to enter the rest rooms? Those TV contracts might become the best deal by far, unless the ratings drop. Then, do they raise the rates to make up for that lost revenue? And it viewership falls, who will pay to advertise? How much will they pay? If the economy takes a dump, will pro sports survive? There is going to be a time of reckoning when this is over, and the way it ends, if it ends is going to be the oddest time perhaps in human history. Mass hysteria brings mass change. It’s going to be interesting, that’s for certain... |
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